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51Impact event — Artist s impression of a major impact event. The collision between Earth and an asteroid a few kilometers in diameter may release as much energy as several million nuclear weapons detonating simultaneously. An impact event is the collision of a… …
52Chicxulub crater — Imaging from NASA s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission STS 99 reveals part of the 180 kilometer (112 mi) diameter ring of the crater; clustered around the crater s trough are numerous sinkholes, suggesting a prehistoric oceanic basin in… …
53Nördlinger Ries — View of Nördlinger Ries The crater rim near the village of …
54Mahuika crater — is a proposed submarine bolide impact crater, 20 ± 2 km wide and over 153 m deep, on the New Zealand continental shelf named after the Māori god of fire. It was discovered by Dallas Abbott and her colleagues from the Lamont Doherty Earth… …
55Coesite — Atomic structure of coesite Coesite[p] is a form (polymorph) of silicon dioxide SiO2 that is formed when very high pressure (2–3 gigapascals), and moderately high temperature (700 °C or 1,300 °F), are applied to quartz. Coesite was… …
56Siljan (lake) — Siljan Landsat 7 satellite image Coordinates …
57Daniel Barringer (geologist) — For other persons named Daniel Barringer, see Daniel Barringer (disambiguation). Daniel Barringer Born May 25, 1860 Raleigh, North Carolina Died November 30, 1929, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania …
58Neith (crater) — Neith Galileo photo of Neith Type of feature Crater Coordinates …
59Khensu (crater) — Infobox feature on Ganymede name=Khensu caption=Galileo image of Khensu type=Crater latitude=1.0 N or S=N longitude=152.9 E or W=W diameter=14.2 km eponym=KhensuKhensu crater is a crater on Jupiter s moon Ganymede. It is a dark floored crater… …
60Charlevoix crater — Coordinates: 47°32′N 70°18′W / 47.533°N 70.3°W / 47.533; 70.3 …
